Customer Reviews

Baby Cubes Pk of 8x 40ml/1oz

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

We were still in the hospital and had been parents about half a day when we told someone we planned to puree our own food so that we didn't have to pay for all of those Gerber jars. Someone told us about putting baby food in ice cube trays, the advantage being that you could freeze as many squares worth of food as you need and it would stay fresh, then as the baby gets older, when you go to feed him or her you grab x squares of food.

Of course, as soon as we'd received that piece of advice, someone was telling us otherwise -- that you need to somehow cover the ice cube trays so that bacteria doesn't get in there, to prevent freeze burn, and besides that, it's hard to break out just a couple of cubes from an ice cube tray. You can twist and pop an ice cube tray but you never know how many are going to come loose at once. Plus it's not like an automatic ice maker and you can just dispense a few squash cubes; you need something to carry them in.

This product solves almost all of the concerns of the original ice cube tray suggestion. We still puree sweet potato or green beans and put it in the little containers. It's fresher than the Gerber stuff and less expensive, with no preservatives. Since each cube comes out of the tray and has a lidded plastic container, it's convenient to grab a handful of them for a day trip and then pull them out and use them as needed. As they defrost in the car, I can even feed our daughter right out of the plastic container.

Now of course, none of this guarantees your kid is actually going to EAT what you've prepared for them, but that's not the fault of the containers; that's just how babies are sometimes.

I started out using these, but had problems with the lids popping open in the freezer. They also don't stand well in their trays. As my baby got bigger, I needed bigger cubes, so I tried the 2 oz cubes expecting the same problems. I love the 2 oz cubes better. The lids are deeper so that they snap and stay on better...and trays are deeper so that they stand in the fridge/freezer better. If you're going to buy cubes for freezing baby food, go with the 2 oz. You'll use them eventually and they have 1 oz measurements on the side if you absolutely need it. I gave these 3 stars because I do love the fact that they're BPA free and allow me to freeze and heat them without any worries.

These have just been great! I had heard about freezing food in ice cube trays and then putting them into a freezer bag for keeping longer but I liked the convenience of feeding from the same container. I bought three sets to start and filled them up in a week. I just wish I had a few more. I plan to get the 2 ounce size also. Just don't go over the "max" fill line or they pop open because of the expanding food.

I usually take one day a week to cook and puree enough fruits and veggies to last the week, purchasing what fresh produce is in season, or fresh-frozen alternatives. Just one hour in the kitchen once a week is all the time I spend on making baby food, and I love that. I didn't love these food storage cubes, however.

Like other reviewers, I found that the lids rarely stayed in place, whether in the freezer or the fridge, and if you filled a cube even barely above the line, the lid will pop open in the freezer due to expansion. Don't toss one in your diaper bag for even short outings, either, or you'll have a mess on your hands.

I found that 1-ounce cubes were much too small for my baby's needs. Filling up 2 trays of these cubes didn't last us a week. My daughter is a healthy eater and it wasn't long before 1 ounce of food didn't satisfy her, and it became a pain to thaw and heat several cubes at once. One ounce is about the size of an ice cube and if you want portions that small, it would be easier to fill a standard ice cube tray, freeze, then pop the cubes out and store in a freezer bag.

Also, washing these little cubes by hand was a hassle for me, especially when there are so many other baby items in my life that need hand-washing. To put them in the dishwasher, you have to place them in a basket and they often would nest within each other during the wash cycle and not become clean, or the heat would warp them. The plastic stained easily, too, especially with orange foods.

I eventually purchased several packs of Gladware 4-ounce round containers. These are a nice size, a bit larger than baby food jars, so a few containers in the fridge would last us through several meals for a day or 2, and the rest went in the freezer. Before bed each night, I would pull a few more containers from the freezer to thaw in the fridge for the next day. Fast, easy, convenient. They also wash up nicely in the dishwasher and I've never had one pop open in the diaper bag.

Occasionally one of the blue Gladware lids with crack from having been frozen, heated, and washed repeatedly, but they're so inexpensive that tossing one in the recycling bin now and then wasn't a lot of money down the drain.

Baby #2 is on the way and I look forward to refining my homemade baby food routine ... but I wont be using these cubes! Time to buy some more Gladware containers.

Hi, I bought these, thought they looked practical and sounded good. well I have used them for the first time, filled them below the line and placed them on the tray in the freezer - next morning all the lids had popped open.

Acidentally dropped one as I took it out of the freezer today and the lid smashed off.

Not happy with this product at all.

I wish I had thought of the ice-cube tray and then slipping into zip-lock freezer bags - I wouldn't have wasted my money on these.

And to top it all off I bought two trays!!

I was so excited to get this product since the ice cube trays had cracked when I tried to get baby food out of them. However, after using this product, I have to say I was disappointed and ended up continuing to use the ice cube trays. The little containers fall off the tray very easily so they are always falling off into the freezer. They take up a lot of room in the freezer which never worked for me and because they are individual containers, you can't stack them up very easy. If you fill them just a drop above the line, the lids won't close and pop open.

All in all, I would prefer tray where you can simply freeze, then pop out and store in freezer bags. Much easier to use and way more storage space in the freezer!

These seem very practical upon first use, but even the slightest bulge in the food above the line made a few of them pop open in the freezer. And since ordering them, I have read several things about just using ice cube trays and popping the frozen cubes out and placing in ziploc bags. I probably would have tried this first. But if you like neat, organized, cute little cubes, than this would be for you!:)

I like the idea of being able to take along my own homemade babyfood in these containers. However, they don't stand up well in the tray when filled with frozen food. I'm constantly picking them up whenever I move anything in the freezer.

These baby food cubes are awesome. They work great for storing rice cereal(if you make your own), and purees. I can mix up a batch, spoon it into several cubes, leave one or two in the fridge for the next day and freeze the rest. Then, when I run out of the fridge stash I thaw another cube in the fridge overnight. I haven't had any of them pop open in the freezer. They ARE small, but that is perfect for a 6-month-old's beginner eating. My daughter (6 months) eats 1/2 to 1 cube full each meal. One of the other reviews says you can't microwave these. I have been-- just 20-30 seconds heats the food and hasn't damaged the containers. Also, they don't stain even if you freeze carrots or sweet potatoes in them. I am really pleased with these and am going to buy a set of the 2 oz cubes when she gets a bit older. These cubes make cooking your own baby food so easy!

i definately like the size of each cube, and that each is separate from the others. what i don't like is that there's nothing keeping the cubes set in the tray. i don't know about your freezer, but mine is not the most organized, and there was no way i could just set the tray in and expect it to stay together. i ended up putting the whole thing in a freezer bag as well. it's also quite difficult to pop the food out of the cube once frozen, which is unfortunate because i was hoping to use the cubes to free, then put the food cubes into a freezer bag and make another batch using the tray. instead, i can only do batches of food once i've thawed each cube to feed baby. i'd probably prefer a tray with a lid that can release the food once frozen, even if it meant not having individual sealing cubes.